{"id":336362,"date":"2021-09-08T04:55:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T01:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/plane-truth-of-bidens-afghanistan-botch-goodwin\/"},"modified":"2021-09-08T04:55:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T01:55:56","slug":"plane-truth-of-bidens-afghanistan-botch-goodwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/plane-truth-of-bidens-afghanistan-botch-goodwin\/","title":{"rendered":"#Plane truth of Biden\u2019s Afghanistan botch: Goodwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a262241b9971\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a262241b9971\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/plane-truth-of-bidens-afghanistan-botch-goodwin\/#Where_is_blas_outrage\" >Where is blas\u2019 outrage?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/plane-truth-of-bidens-afghanistan-botch-goodwin\/#The_new_normal\" >The new normal<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Plane truth of Biden\u2019s Afghanistan botch: Goodwin<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Michael Goodwin\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>How anyone could ever think it was a good idea is mind-boggling, but Americans should never forget that Joe Biden wanted to celebrate the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan on September 11th. Whether he\u2019s addled or just arrogant, Biden believed the 20th anniversary of a day of infamy could be turned into a feel-good event \u2014 and no doubt give him a political booster shot.<\/p>\n<p>Wiser heads prevailed, but only up to a point. The withdrawal date was moved up to Aug. 31, but Biden remained fixated on getting all the troops out before 9\/11, damn the consequences.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now the consequences are damning the president, the latest evidence being the six charter jets stuck for days on the ground in Afghanistan, their passengers, reportedly including American citizens, not sure if they will be allowed to fly to safety or be executed by the Taliban.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the outcome, the key point has already been made. The Taliban hold the power and America is reduced to supplicant.<\/p>\n<p>Yet it is a measure of the Biden administration\u2019s duplicity that Secretary of State Antony Blinken denied that the tr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed passengers were hostages \u2014 even as he admitted the US was looking at this and other departure restraints to decide whether to lift sanctions on Taliban officials, restart financial aid and normalize relations.<\/p>\n<p>Promising benefits, including cash, in exchange for those who want to leave certainly sounds like a hostage negotiation. But apparently hostages are not hostages unless the government says so.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Blinken sounded like a shill for the terrorist group by describing the plane delay as a matter of routine paperwork. He said the Taliban promised to allow American citizens or others to leave on charter flights if they have proper documents, but claimed the delay was because some passengers don\u2019t have the documents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause all of these people are grouped together, that\u2019s meant that flights have not been allowed to go,\u201d Blinken said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His double talk is proof there is no limit to how low the White House will sink to portray the chaotic, bloody withdrawal as a great success. Its defense of the Taliban\u2019s misconduct is a defense of its own misconduct.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/MaxarAfghan.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A satellite image shows six commercial airplanes grounded near the main terminal of the Mazar-i-Sharif airport in Afghanistan on September, 3, 2021.&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-19378718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/MaxarAfghan.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/MaxarAfghan.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/MaxarAfghan.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A satellite image shows six commercial airplanes grounded near the main terminal of the Mazar-i-Sharif airport in Afghanistan on September, 3, 2021.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Maxar Technologies\/Handout via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The boneheaded evacuation plan cost the lives of 13 brave servicemen and women and left behind hundreds of our citizens and thousands of Afghan allies we repeatedly promised to get out. The broken promises amount to a death sentence for some.<\/p>\n<p>The disastrous events guarantee that this anniversary of 9\/11 will be unlike any other. The heroism of that awful day and the ultimate sacrifices of almost 2,500 troops in Afghanistan are stained by the shameful actions of Biden, Blinken and the military leaders who told the president they could successfully carry out his foolish withdrawal orders.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Biden is planning to visit all three 9\/11 sites \u2014 the Pentagon, New York and the Flight 93 \u00adMemorial in Shanksville, Pa. The ceremonies are always somber remembrances, and it would be way off key in any year to turn the day into a political victory party and especially inappropriate this year.<\/p>\n<p>Then, too, the president will have to compete with the Taliban for attention. The terrorists are certain to mark the day now that they have driven out the world\u2019s mightiest military. Flush with American uniforms and equipment, they\u2019ve already mocked the famous flag-raising on Iwo Jima.<\/p>\n<p>And as former Ambassador Ryan Crocker wrote, their victory \u201chas given a huge boost to militant Islam everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crocker also said the outcome allows the Taliban to portray themselves as the faithful believers who, \u201cclad in the armor of the one true faith, have vanquished the infidels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With his public approval falling rapidly, Biden just wants to get past Afghanistan and his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> Praetorian Guards are ready to help him change the subject.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Boston Globe did its duty with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2021\/09\/06\/nation\/after-unrelenting-summer-biden-looks-get-agenda-track\/\">a Tuesday story <\/a>that began this way: \u201cThe collapse of the Afghan government, a surge of COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant, devastating weather events, a disappointing jobs report. After a torrent of crises, President Biden is hoping to turn the page on an unrelenting summer and refocus his presidency this fall around his core economic agenda.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Talibanfigthers.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Taliban fighters armed with American rifles and equipment inspect a helicopter left behind at the Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan on August 31, 2021.&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-19378735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Talibanfigthers.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Talibanfigthers.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Talibanfigthers.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Taliban fighters armed with American rifles and equipment inspect a helicopter left behind at the Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan on August 31, 2021.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">MARCUS YAM\/LOS ANGELES TIMES\/POLARIS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In other words, the bumbling, failing president is an innocent victim of events beyond his control. We\u2019re to believe the Afghan-government collapse was unrelated to Biden\u2019s decision to close Bagram Air Base and pull all our troops out, just as the disappointing jobs report was unrelated to his policies.<\/p>\n<p>As for the president\u2019s plan to refocus, what exactly is his \u201ccore economic agenda\u201d other than shoveling trillions of borrowed dollars out the door in the hope that it will buy votes for him and congressional Dems?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times did its part in image-rehabbing in its \u00adfavorite way \u2014 through anonymous sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The paper reports that White House staffers quietly cheered a Supreme Court border ruling that, on its face, was a stinging defeat for Biden and a victory for former President Donald Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The case involved Trump\u2019s \u201cremain in Mexico\u201d policy, which required asylum seekers to wait south of the border while their claims were decided. Although the Mexican government was a partner to the deal, Biden called it \u201cinhumane\u201d and ended it on his first day in office.<\/p>\n<p>That helped fuel the unprecedented surge that has seen more than 1 million illegal crossers apprehended this year. Although the administration tried to get migrants to stay home, nothing worked and the surge continues.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, as the Times says, it came as a \u201crelief\u201d to the White House that the Supremes let stand a lower-court ruling that said the \u201cremain in Mexico\u201d policy had to be reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>Presto \u2014 disaster at the border and blame for Biden are changed into victory. As the Times spins it, the court ruling gives the White House a chance to \u201ccome up with a more humane version\u201d of Trump\u2019s policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Propaganda doesn\u2019t get any more cynical than that.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_is_blas_outrage\"><\/span>Where is blas\u2019 outrage?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Top cop Dermot Shea is mad as hell over mayhem on the streets and a soft-on-crime bail law that allowed a disturbed man to allegedly slug a deaf Manhattan straphanger \u2014 days after the suspect was busted in a similar attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you hear that it happened four days before, that\u2019s when my blood gets to boil,\u201d Shea said on TV.<\/p>\n<p>He is obviously right, but why isn\u2019t Mayor de Blasio saying the same things? Why is it left to the police commissioner to say what every sensible New Yorker is thinking?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the Putz doesn\u2019t care what happens in the city. Besides, if he talked about crime, he\u2019d have do something about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That would mean working harder and making tough decisions. That\u2019s not the mayor we have.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_new_normal\"><\/span>The new normal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Reader Anita Mule, no fan of Biden, hasn\u2019t lost her sense of humor, writing: \u201cDuring the Trump years, a liberal friend was fond of proclaiming: \u2018None of this is normal!\u2019 Thank God things are normal now.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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